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27-DEC-2014

Private garden

This was a lush garden in the middle of the park that oddly enough was fenced off, and an admission fee was being charged to enter (even more than the entry fee for the park itself). Unfortunately, there was nobody selling or taking tickets, so I found a way past the fence to get closer to the hoopoe pictured below (and got caught by some worker, who luckily said it was OK). Maybe I was the one who caused its crest to shoot up in alarm!


Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/200s f/8.0 at 70.0mm iso100 full exif

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larose forest photos02-Jan-2015 03:15
It is a beautifully lush and densely planted garden. Wonder why the separate admission! Gorgeous capture of it. V
Julie Oldfield29-Dec-2014 02:48
It looks very lush. Very pretty.
Carol Rollins28-Dec-2014 18:51
Great images and story.
Claude Gagnon28-Dec-2014 14:06
Very lovely garden to attract nice birds like this one :))
Gerard Koehl28-Dec-2014 13:58
Ces palmiers sont superbes. V
pkocinski28-Dec-2014 12:56
Interesting that there is a fee inside as well...